4080FE

[undone shard]

Processing fee? From best buy?

[latent wren]

Looks like StockX to me

[fiery marten]

correct

[undone shard]

Ah

[regal turtle]

might as well have gotten a 7900xtx or a 4090

[fiery marten]

A 4090 would be 500 more lol

[regal turtle]

but worth moreso performance wise

[fiery marten]

True, but my bank account doesn’t understand that haha. The reason i got it is because i sold my old gpu for 900$ and i wanted a relatively inexpensive upgrade. I only paid around 300 out of pocket where as if i had gotten a 4090, that number couldve been more like 800

[regal turtle]

also true

[fiery marten]

I like the 7900xtx but I want to test out frame gen and I like gddr6x and dlss. Also just more reliable I think

[regal turtle]

their drivers are better, no reported driver issues

what amd doesnt have is RT or Frame Gen, DLSS 3.0 is not as good as FSR (apart from the vapor chamber issues AMD had with 7900xtx reference cards)

[fiery marten]

Yup. Not a full package for me tbh. I want a card that feels like a luxury experience, and amd doesnt do it for me personally.

[latent wren]

I'm just still trying to understand StockX when you could get it at best buy. But, at least, a scalper on stockx didn't make much if anything

[fiery marten]

I live in Alaska. I cant go to a bestbuy to pick up.

[latent wren]

Makes sense. Wow, alaska? I would be a hardcore gamer if I lived there

[fiery marten]

Haha yeah bro. Most places wont ship here. I pay quite a bit for a box to be able to get fedex to do it

Not a lot to do for sure. town of about 10k people

[latent wren]

Wow

[fiery marten]

Just happy I got one for MSRP. I play at 3440x1440p and didnt need a 4090. I have a 12700k as well.

[latent wren]

I had a 4080 for a month but decided to go back to my 3080 and sit out this gen. Props, enjoy!

[fiery marten]

didnt like it?

[latent wren]

Oh, I loved it. Amazing power consumption and temps! Just overkill for my needs I just play at 1440p and nothing heavy with RT.

[fiery marten]

Fair bro. Which model?

[latent wren]

Same one you got, founders edition. Don't forget you can change the lighting by the way, with Corsair software and even the EVGA precision x-1 software

[fiery marten]

Even color?

[latent wren]

Yep

[fiery marten]

Very nice. im also doing a vertical mount

[latent wren]

Just not the logo, you can only adjust the brightness of that or turn it off.
Even vertical mounted in that case I never saw temps hit 60c

The design is seriously impressive. I have a Strix 3080 and it feels like a toy compared to the founders 40 series coolers

[fiery marten]

Did you test time spy extreme?

Also, how does it overclock, what frequency were you able to get

[latent wren]

I only have the free version of timespy so I did that and a bunch of benchmark modes in some games. I'll send you the screenshots.

Mind you, I was going to upgrade to a 12700k but since I kept my 3080 I never did and these benchmarks are with a 12400.

[fiery marten]

Alrighty

[latent wren]

Wait.. I can't find the timespy screenshot

I did three benchmark runs with each game I tested. But here's Guardians of the Galaxy with RT on

Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 5 with RT on, FM7 (note the GPU temp), Immortals Fenyx Rising

[fiery marten]

Howd you like frame gen?

[latent wren]

I don't have any games that use it. I didn't turn on DLSS for any of the tests either, but in NFS Unbound there was an option for DLSS and it did make a difference because that game is poorly optimized.

Those are all done on stock clocks, I didn't even use the auto-tune feature. It really didn't need it and though I can't find my timespy score I do know it was above average compared to others with the same cpu/gpu combo.

[fiery marten]

Was it a worthwhile upgrade?

[latent wren]

That's tough to answer. For me it wasn't. If I was going from a 20-series or a low-end 30-series, definitely.

[fiery marten]

Gotcha. I play at ultrawide and like a lot of fps lol

[regal turtle]

you play Fallen order?

[fiery marten]

No

[regal turtle]

give it a shot

[fiery marten]

aight for sure

[fiery marten]

At 3440x1440 yall think i need a new cpu? i have a 12700k

[barren urchin]

Probably not

[regal turtle]

12700k solid cpu bro, if you ever decide to upgrade go for the 7700x or the 7800x3d

[fiery marten]

Yeah im only bottlenecked in fps games or dlss in some games

[sleek pumice]

Amd shill 🥶